Judith Paige Mitchell
{{short description|American novelist}}
{{Infobox writer
| name = Judith Paige Segel
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| pseudonym = Paige Mitchell
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| birth_date = November 24, 1932
| birth_place = New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|2010|2|10|1932|11|24}}
| death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.
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| notableworks = The Client (1995–96)}}
Judith Paige Mitchell (November 24, 1932 – February 10, 2010) was a television writer, executive producer and novelist.{{cite web|title=Passings|url=https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-passings24-2010feb24-story.html|work=The Los Angeles Times|date=February 14, 2010}}{{cite web|work=Variety|title=Writer Judith Paige Mitchell dies|date=February 22, 2010|author=Variety Staff|url=https://variety.com/2010/film/news/writer-judith-paige-mitchell-dies-1118015594/}}
Biography
Judith Paige Segel was born in New Orleans. Her parents were George Jacob Segel (1906–1993) and Esther (née Finerosky) (1908–1995). She started her career as a novelist, her subjects including integration and civil rights. She moved to Los Angeles in 1965 after divorcing her first husband Alvin Binder, a civil rights attorney in Jackson, Mississippi, and also worked in television as a writer and producer, with many topics focused on true crime. Mitchell died of cancer in Los Angeles on February 10, 2010, survived by her husband and well-known Los Angeles publisher Jeremy Tarcher and three children.Sharkey, BetsBy (22 October 1995). [https://www.nytimes.com/1995/10/22/arts/television-twists-and-turns-on-the-southern-landscape.html Twists and Turns on the Southern Landscape], The New York Times, Sec. 2, p. 37.
Literary credits
- A Wilderness of Monkeys (1965)
- Love is Not a Safe Country (1968)
- The Mayfly (1971)
- The Covenant, a Novel (1973)
- Act of Love (1976)Cook, Fred J. (4 April 1976). [https://www.nytimes.com/1976/04/04/archives/act-of-love.html Act of Love (book review)], The New York Times (adapted into 1980 television movie of the same name)
- Wild Seed (1982)
Teleplay credits
- Desperate for Love (1989)
- Lies of the Heart: The Story of Laurie Kellogg (1994)
- Young at Heart (1995 TV movie) (1995)
- Glory, Glory (1998)
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0593480}}
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Category:Writers from New Orleans
Category:20th-century American novelists
Category:American women novelists
Category:Television writers from California
Category:Deaths from cancer in California
Category:20th-century American women writers
Category:Novelists from Louisiana
Category:Screenwriters from Louisiana
Category:American women television writers
Category:21st-century American women
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